127 I am not your father!
The booming sound echoed in every direction.
In theory, Ardy, a puppet created from a machine, should have better strength than Tamazuki, yet strangely enough, their strength matches each other.
Tamazuki might seem slim, but without a doubt, his strength was better than most people.
Still, what they didn't know was that Tamazuki was just matching his strength to Ardy's, so he wouldn't destroy it by chance.
However, it didn't matter as he enjoyed this battle since this puppet was stronger than he had thought.
In the center of the stage, their battle had become a slugfest.
It was a dangerous place that no one could enter.
Their fight was like a tornado, and once someone entered, they would be shredded apart.
Even Julis and Rimcy didn't dare to get close and watched Tamazuki and Ardy from the distance before they fought from a long range.
Yet, watching this battle, everyone was roaring in excitement. After all, the match between strengths had always been the clearest and the most exciting of all since even those novices would understand, and no one needed to think.
"WOOOOOO!!!!"
"Dammit, did he just match the strength of the doll?!"
"How much strength does he pack on his body?!"
Everyone was just screaming, trying to release all the adrenaline in their bodies.
Everyone had seen Ardy's power with his hammer, and it was so destructive that no one could be his opponent, yet Tamazuki could match that power.
If Tamazuki was a monster, they would believe it now.
"Wahahaha! Father, I have so much fun!"
Ardy laughed, feeling happy with this exchange since all the people he faced didn't dare to challenge him like a warrior and would evade and attack him from the side. Yet, Tamazuki was different since he faced him directly, without hiding.
This feeling... it was his first time to feel this excitement!
Ardy knew that he might be a machine, but he felt like his blood was boiling.
"Is that so? But this is far from enough to make me happy, Ardy. Also, don't call me Father!"
Ardy suddenly saw Tamazuki's hammer become faster and stronger. If his eyes were like those of humans, he would open his eyes wide at this moment. Unfortunately, he didn't.
"Barrier!"
Suddenly, a wall of light appeared in front of Ardy to protect him from any harm.
Absolute Shield.
It was a barrier used by Ardy to tease all the contestants of the Festa. Usually, during a fight, he would use this barrier and let the other contestants use all of their attacks for a minute.
This barrier was invincible since no matter what the attacks were, no one was able to penetrate it.
Tamazuki knew that it was a small-scale version of the defensive barriers used for the Festa stages, and this was why it was strong. Yet, it didn't matter as he only needed to destroy it!
His hammer smashed into the barrier, causing it to ripple and create a small crack.
Ardy gulped secretly, but he also felt helpless since he was forced to use a barrier even though he wanted to face his father with all of his might, yet he knew even with all of his might, he wasn't his father's opponent.
'Unless...'
When Ardy thought about the possibility of winning this match, Tamazuki's voice suddenly woke him up.
"You don't think that you are safe with this barrier, right?"
Then, suddenly the speed of his hammer increased even more. His swing became faster as it left an afterimage.
Unlike the others, who weren't clear, Ardy saw Tamazuki swing his hammer five consecutive times in the same spot, and each of the swings became even stronger.
Stronger, stronger, then until finally, the barrier was destroyed.
Ardy quickly raised his hammer and protected himself, but it was impossible to stop Tamazuki's hammer as he was directly thrown into the corner of the stage with a loud bang.
"Ardy!"
Rimcy quickly chased after Ardy worriedly.
"...."
Meanwhile, everyone was at a loss, watching the result of this confrontation.
This... how should they describe this battle?
"Strong."
"Yeah."
"But... well... he is amazing."
When everyone thought it was impossible to defeat those puppets with physical ability, Tamazuki showed them they were wrong and smashed Ardy into the distance.
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"No-No way!" Amagiri was startled when he saw the Amagiri Style destroyed into pieces by Tamazuki.
Saya stared at Tamazuki before she stared at Amagiri, who was dumbfounded before shaking her head.
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"Ernesta..." Camilla was speechless and helpless.
"It's okay. They still have that technique." Ernesta also didn't expect Tamazuki to be so strong, yet this wasn't so surprising since he hardly showed his all in his match. During his match, he mostly stayed as a supporter, supporting Julis, who burnt everyone with her fire. Yet, in this match, he was different as he was so aggressive and could even defeat Ardy in the game of strength.
Moreover, Tamazuki hadn't used his Ser-Veresta, which meant he could become even stronger.
"But... don't you think the quality of his Lux is even better?" Camilla suddenly said.
"Now that you mention it..." Ernesta was also in doubt. Ardy's hammer was created by Camilla, the head faction of the Ferrovius, yet Tamazuki's hammer wasn't lost in quality.
"Do you think that he has made that Lux hammer by himself?
"...is that possible?"
"Yes."
At this moment, they had confirmed that this guy was a monster, but without a doubt, he was perfect as their partner.
"We still have that. It's still too early to throw in the towel."
"Yeah, we have to believe in them."
Without a doubt, Ardy and Remcy had grown, but they knew to defeat Tamazuki wouldn't be so simple, so the only thing that Ardy and Remcy could do was to use that technique. Even if that technique wasn't perfect, this was the only way to defeat Tamazuki.
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"Did you get him?" Julis asked.
Tamazuki shook his head. "Not yet. They are going to stand up and use their strongest technique now."
"...don't you think that we should stop them?" Julis was speechless.
"It's okay. I want to see how strong they are." Tamazuki didn't intend to end them immediately and wanted to see their 100%.
"Okay."
Julis nodded and believed in him since she knew this guy was invincible.
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"Hahaha..."
Ardy laughed as he could see part of his body was cracked. If the barrier didn't protect him, he was sure that he would become junk.
"Ardy, are you okay?"
"Yeah, but I can't match him in strength." Ardy looked at Remcy. "Remcy, we have to do that."
"Okay." Strangely enough, Remcy, who usually disagreed, would agree immediately.
"You really want to win, too, huh?"
"Yes."
"Then, let's do it!"
Moreover, they didn't lose so easily. As Ernesta said before, he was their father, so they knew that he was strong, yet it was also because of this they were going to show him their everything!
Remcy spread her arms, and her body emanated a manadite glow.
"Purging ACM unit, first exterior armor, Luxes. Transferring limit control."
Her flight unit and armor separated from her body and floated up as several enormous guns Luxes activated and did the same.
"Ah! Here we go, here we go, here we go!" Ardy cried. "Commence connection!"
"Wh-What are they doing?"
"Ohhh! C-Could this be—?!"
The thrilled announcer blurted.
Steam hissed from Ardy's body, and his shoulders split wide open. Rimcy's flight unit separated into two pieces and docked into the opening he'd made—in other words, the Luxes and their armor attached to his arms and legs.
As his eyes shone brightly, the light pouring from his body turned green to blue.
Was this really happening?
Even Julis couldn't maintain her calm.
"The-They combined?!"
Everyone stared in disbelief.
"Bwa-ha-ha-ha!" Ardy bellowed. "Now gaze upon my three from, Father!"
Yet...
"Camilla Pareto—badge is broken."
"..."
Everyone fell silent as they saw Remcy's badge was broken.
Tamazuki played with a stone in his hand and asked, "So, are you ready?"
Ardy might not have a throat, but he somehow gulped subconsciously, but he was also anticipating their battle.
"Yes!"
Raising his hammer, Ardy was ready for the rematch!
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While it might be too late to say this, I have to say this world takes quite a lot of chapters, but nevertheless, the next world will be Tensura; but what do you think the third world should be?
